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Line up 2–5 ZIP codes and read the ZipVitals Score, both ranks, and every scoring domain against the same national scale. Descriptive of documented conditions — never a verdict on the people who live there.

Comparing08402Margate City, NJ08203Brigantine, NJ2–5 ZIPs · 2 selected

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Margate City08402 · NJ	Brigantine08203 · NJ
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	68.82 Leads	62.89
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#805of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#3,039of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#147of 583 NJ ZIPs	#305of 583 NJ ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1of 40 ZIPs in its metro area	#15of 40 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Margate City08402 · NJ	Brigantine08203 · NJ
ZipVitals Score	68.82 Leads	62.89
National rank	#805of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#3,039of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#147of 583 NJ ZIPs	#305of 583 NJ ZIPs
Metro rank	#1of 40 ZIPs in its metro area	#15of 40 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 08402: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · 08203: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ.

Where these ZIPs differ, domain by domain

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score. Each one is placed on the same national scale, and the domains where these ZIPs are furthest apart come first. Higher is healthier in every one.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Every ranking, bar and gap below is measured against the same national group. Where a ZIP’s line also mentions its state or its metro area, that figure is measured against a different group — its own — so it is context for that one ZIP and never a comparison between them.

Furthest apart first

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Healthcare Access5% of the score 08203 leads · 20-point gap
08203Brigantine		healthier than 72% · 67% in New Jersey, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
08402Margate City		healthier than 52% · 29% in New Jersey, 71% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 08402 leads · 13-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 94% · 68% in New Jersey, 84% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 81% · 42% in New Jersey, 62% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 08402 leads · 11-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 98% · 100% in New Jersey, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 87% · 96% in New Jersey, 70% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 08402 leads · 10-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 96% · 96% in New Jersey, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 86% · 68% in New Jersey, 68% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 08402 leads · 10-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 86% · 43% in New Jersey, 73% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 76% · 27% in New Jersey, 52% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 08402 leads · 7-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 99% · 99% in New Jersey, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 92% · 86% in New Jersey, 70% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 08402 leads · 4-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 57% · 7% in New Jersey, 27% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 53% · 5% in New Jersey, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 08402 leads · 2-point gap
08402Margate City		healthier than 98% · 79% in New Jersey, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
08203Brigantine		healthier than 96% · 60% in New Jersey, 81% in its metro area	2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 08402 cannot be placed here
08203BrigantinePartial		healthier than 83% · 90% in New Jersey, 99% in its metro area	1 of 1
08402Margate City	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. A gap is the distance between the highest and lowest of these ZIPs on that domain’s national scale. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Data release 2026 · higher is healthier on every row. How the ZipVitals Score is calculated →

The State rank and Metro rank rows show no “Leads” marker: each ZIP is ranked against the ZIPs in its own state and the ZIPs in its own metro area, so those ranks are not ordered against one another.

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Margate City vs. Brigantine

Margate City 08402 · NJLEADS68.82

Brigantine 08203 · NJ62.89

Data release 2026 · public federal and academic sources · higher is healthier

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